Anna Buffini, 27, runs her business out of San Diego, but she’s spending this winter in Wellington, Florida, to compete at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival under the tutelage of Guenter Seidel. As a young rider, she earned team gold at the Adequan FEI North American Junior And Young Rider Championships (Kentucky) with Sundayboy and […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb. 26 A year ago, Irish rider Bertram Allen wasn’t sure what to expect when he jumped Pacino Amiro in the $401,000 CSI5* Lugano Diamonds Grand Prix at the Winter Equestrian Festival. The gelding was just turning 9 and competing in his second five-star grand prix, but he stepped up and won. Tonight, almost […]
Wellington, Fla.—Feb 26 In only her second show in the open CDI ring, 25-year-old Hope Cooper rode Hot Chocolate W to the win on Friday in the CDI3* Grand Prix freestyle (73.92%) at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. She and Mary Mansfield’s 17-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Hochadel—Pikolina, Pik Senior) also finished second in Thursday’s CDI3* Grand […]
Update: On Saturday, the U.S. Equestrian Federation reported that a horse who had been at Desert International Horse Park within the past 14 days traveled to a competition in Rancho Murieta, California, and tested positive for EHV-1 while at that competition in Sacramento County. On the same day, organizers of the Northwest Winter Classic series, held at […]
Feb. 25—Wellington, Fla. While Frederic Wandres may have won the CDI5* Grand Prix for the freestyle with Bluetooth OLD on Wednesday night at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Florida, he knew that Friday night in front of a bigger crowd would be a whole new game. “Everything is possible for everyone, so we […]
As soon as she halts and salutes after her dressage test, Lisa Marriott isn’t thinking about how she was slightly late on her left change or maybe a little hurried across the diagonal. Instead, she’s searching the crowd for her 5-year-old son, Blake Trevalyan, with his long, blond hair and happy smile. “He’s watched every […]
Another horse has been euthanized after showing severe neurological symptoms and four more fever-only cases confirmed among horses linked to an outbreak of EHV-1 first reported Feb. 11 at Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, California, the California Department of Food and Agriculture reported late Thursday. Additionally, test results from a horse who was at […]
Feb. 24—Wellington, Fla. Nearly a year ago, Katherine Bateson-Chandler’s dreams of Tokyo Olympic selection came to a halt when Alcazar had to be withdrawn from team consideration due to a minor injury. While the 17-year-old gelding returned to work last year, Bateson-Chandler chose to wait to compete him again until this year’s Adequan Global Dressage Festival. “He was […]
The number of horses sickened in an EHV-1 outbreak at Desert International Horse Park has risen to 19, according to a Thursday update from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, with test results pending for five more horses that have spiked fevers. The number of confirmed cases includes three horses that had traveled back from the […]
Feb. 23—Wellington, Fla. It’s been six months since Adrienne Lyle and Betsy Juliano’s Salvino cantered down centerline at the Tokyo Olympic Games, but you wouldn’t know it from their performance Wednesday night at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival CDI5* Grand Prix for the Special. While their score of 76.50% wasn’t their best, Lyle was happy to […]